Unique content • Global reach • In print and online
Bosnia and Herzegovina, more than three decades after the end of the war, has about 756 square kilometers of mine-suspected area, while the number of people trained in mine countermeasures has almost halved compared to the period before the coronavirus Read More …
A senior Lao official has warned that an estimated 80 million unexploded munitions remain buried across Laos, while cuts in international funding could slow clearance work and prolong the threat to civilian lives. The National Regulatory Authority for UXO/Mine Action Read More …
The Afghanistan National Disaster Management Authority (ANDMA) announced on Thursday the signing of two memorandums of understanding (MoUs) with the Danish Refugee Council’s mine action program to expand demining and explosive-risk reduction efforts across the country. Valued at 4,131,741 U.S. Read More …
Clearing the unexploded ordnance (UXOs) left by the 2025 Cambodia–Thailand border clashes could cost approximately $1 billion and take more than a decade, according to a preliminary estimate by the Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC). The cleanup places new financial Read More …
South Korea and a UN development body have signed an agreement on mine clearance cooperation, as part of Seoul’s broader push to enhance public safety through global standards, the defense ministry said Wednesday. The ministry signed a statement of intent Read More …
The United States has provided $13 million to Cambodia in 2026 to support landmine and unexploded ordnance clearance in border areas affected by the 2025 conflict with Thailand, the US Embassy says. The embassy announced the additional assistance on its Read More …
A NATO delegation led by Eirini Lemos-Maniati, head of the alliance’s Arms Control, Disarmament and Non-Proliferation section, is visiting Azerbaijan to participate in the 4th International Mine Action Conference as a panel speaker. During the visit, Samir Poladov, deputy chairman of Read More …
Two people were killed and others injured on Monday when an old artillery shell exploded near Kani Maran village in Iraq’s Halabja province, police and health officials said. Halabja Police spokesperson Akam Qutb Al-Din said the shell detonated while it Read More …
Cambodia will officially launch its National Policy on Mine Action 2026-2035 on September 2, providing a 10-year roadmap for mine action and victim assistance. The policy was approved by the Council of Ministers during its plenary session on April 23, according Read More …
The project “Landmine and unexploded ordnance clearance in northern Quang Tri, 2026-2030”, funded by the Mines Advisory Group (MAG), is expected to clear more than 38.8 million sq.m of land for community development in accordance with current standards, while removing Read More …
A tractor hit a mine in the village of Dudukchu in Azerbaijan”s Khojavand district, injuring the driver, according to a joint statement by the press services of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Prosecutor General”s Office and the Azerbaijan Mine Read More …
The United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) of MONUSCO destroyed several explosive remnants of war on August 18 in the town of Bule, located in Djugu Territory, Ituri Province. The operation eliminated a direct threat to civilians while also strengthening Read More …
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev expressed gratitude to the UK government for its assistance with mine clearance efforts. According to Report, the head of state made the remarks during a meeting with the new Ambassador of the United Kingdom of Great Britain Read More …
A 500-kilogram unexploded bomb was discovered in the courtyard of a house in the Askar Kot Bazaar area of Qarabagh district in Ghazni province and was safely removed from the area before being destroyed. The Mine Action Coordination Directorate of Read More …
A mine incident occurred in the village of Sariyel village of the liberated Kalbajar district, on August 13, the General Prosecutor’s Office, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and the National Agency for Mine Action (ANAMA) said in a joint statement. Read More …
Sri Lanka’s mine-clearance programme has been highly successful, according to the International Mine-Clearance Ambassador Rosamund Pike. Pike made the remarks during a meeting with the Housing, Construction and Water Supply Minister Dr Susil Ranasinghe. She commended Sri Lanka’s mine-clearance efforts, Read More …
Two young men from the town of Jayrud were killed early Tuesday after a landmine exploded while they were riding a motorcycle near al-Nasiriyah Airbase in the northeastern countryside of Damascus. Mohammad Anwar Saleh Nasser, director of the Emergency and Disaster Read More …
Norway commits NOK 580 million to humanitarian efforts aimed at protecting civilians from landmines and explosive remnants of war. The funding will also cover victim assistance and advocacy to strengthen international norms and legal instruments, including the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Read More …
Affirming that Vietnam regards the US as one of its important partners, Cuong said defence cooperation between the two countries has developed positively and been implemented effectively across a range of areas, including post-war recovery, dialogue and consultations, training, United Read More …
Two men injured in an explosion that occurred today (August 3) at around 10:40 in the village of Chardagly in Azerbaijan’s Aghdara district were admitted to the emergency department of the Tartar Central District Hospital. The incident took place during Read More …